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Offline james2

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my poor alloy ...
« on: 28 October 2009, 17:18 »
i have curbed one of my front alloys ,driving down a road up comes this bloody big lorry so i turned on to the curb so it could get past ,some how the alloy hit the monster curb ....its only a little mark but i am not happy :cry:
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Re: my poor alloy ...
« Reply #1 on: 28 October 2009, 17:22 »
As Rod Stewart sang... "The first cut is the deepest" !!
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Re: my poor alloy ...
« Reply #2 on: 28 October 2009, 17:23 »
Gutted to hear that.  Any badness with steering/alignment etc?
I did the same in my old 306 to avoid a kamikaze bus driver.  Hit the curb and felt like the car launched about 6 foot in the air and tyre went KA-BOOM!  That scuffed up alloy with new tyre was consigned to spare cage.
My right of way too!!!   :angry:
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Re: my poor alloy ...
« Reply #3 on: 28 October 2009, 17:35 »
no it was very slow just pulled on to the curb bit of a bang ,dont know how it got the alloy i might need more air in the tyres as they have only got 32 psi in the front tyres :undecided:
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Re: my poor alloy ...
« Reply #4 on: 28 October 2009, 17:54 »
Quote from: james2 on 28 October 2009, 17:35
no it was very slow just pulled on to the curb bit of a bang ,dont know how it got the alloy i might need more air in the tyres as they have only got 32 psi in the front tyres :undecided:

That's lucky, worth a refurb or wait 'til the nice weather again?

32psi is correct pressure, any harder and you'll balloon the tyre and wear it across the middle!
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Re: my poor alloy ...
« Reply #5 on: 28 October 2009, 23:08 »
iv touched it up with black paint, looks ok hard to notice it ...the mark was only the size of a wood pig right on the lip (edge of the alloy) i was very lucky .. :shocked:
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